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Roque Centurión Miranda’s parents were J.C. Centurión and Francisca Miranda. He studied at the Colegio Nacional de Asunción.  In 1926, he joined the first Paraguayan professional company: the Paraguayan Company of Comedy that had been created a decade before. This company was enriched by a creative and enthusiastic group of young actors and dramatists including Luis Ruffinelli, Miguel Pecci Saavedra, Francisco Martín Barrios, Facundo Recalde, Benigno Villa and Arturo Alsina. Theater in Guarani developed at the hands of the dramatists Francisco Martín Barrios, Benigno Villa, Rigoberto Fontao Meza and Félix Fernández.

In 1939, radio theater emerged. Its driving forces were Centurión Miranda and Josefina Plá who founded Proal, a sublime on-air news program, according to Carlos R. Centurion. There they created, among other things, the work Desheredado, written by both authors.

Soon after the signing of the peace treaty of the Guerra del Chaco, the group La Peña was born. Through radio, it promoted the theater with Centurión Miranda, Arturo Alsina, Hérib Campos Cervera, Clotilde Pinho, and Josefina Plá as the leading roles.

In 1938-1939, this group of enthusiastic artists built the radio diary Proal. Through these dramatists, this program broadcasted pieces of written works such as La hermana impaciente, La hora de Caín and Desheredado.

Las leyendas mayas como todas las leyendas y mitos en las diversas culturas son un retrato de la cultura popular. Contienen aspectos mágicos o sobrenaturales que las distinguen. Resaltan temas como su cosmovisión, sus creencias y deidades. Pero como son relatos tradicionales que pasan de boca en boca se han transformado con el paso del tiempo, y más aún con la influencia religiosa y social de los conquistadores.^1 2 Los mitos o leyendas mayas más conocidas son las del origen del mundo y del hombre que se encuentran en el libro del Popol Vuh o Popol Wuj, pero hay otras historias que también resultan igual de importantes para el conocimiento de las raíces culturales mexicanas que construyen una identidad nacional.

La mayoría de estas leyendas se llevan a cabo en las ciudades de Uxmal; Chichén Itzá; Palenque; Mayapán, en México y el Petén en Guatemala, entre otras localidades. Cada personaje lleva por nombre alguno de un animal o elemento de la naturaleza, como por ejemplo en la leyenda de “La flor blanca” que narra una relación amorosa y prohibida entre dos soberanos; donde encontramos a Canek o “serpiente negra” príncipe de Chichén Itzá y a su enamorada Sac Nicté la princesa de Mayapán que significa "flor blanca". Todo esto se puede ver en la leyenda "La tristeza del maya" donde se muestra un hombre infeliz que recibe múltiples dones y aun así continua siendo terriblemente apático o aquella de “El hombre que vendió su alma” que narra la historia de un maya que vende su alma a cambio de siete deseos; aunque la peculiaridad de esta última leyenda y muchas otras es que en ocasiones los mortales resultan ser más listos que muchos espíritus lo que proporciona una gran moraleja sobre qué tanto el hombre será capaz de controlar su propia historia.

Mayan legends are much like other myths and legends within their own respective cultures, they are stories pertaining to the Mayan way of life. These legends contain magical and supernatural elements that distinguish them. They highlight certain aspects of the Mayan culture such as their world view, their beliefs, and their gods. Due to the fact that these traditional stories have been passed down by word of mouth, they have slowly changed with time, and even more so with the religious and social influence of the conquistadors. The most well-known of these legends are of the origin of the world and the origin of man found in the "Popol Vuh," known as "The Sacred Book of the ancient Quiche Maya" in english. It is important to know that there are also other stories that are equally as important to understand the foundation of the Mexican culture, constructing their national identity.

The majority of these legends occur in the Mexican cities of Uxmal, Chichén Itzá, Palenque, Mayapán, and in the Guatemalan city of Petén and many places in between. Every character is named after an animal or natural element. One example is the legend of "The White Flower'" ("La flor blanca") which tells the story of a forbidden love between two sovereigns. Here we find the prince of Chichén Itzá named Kan Ek' or "Black Serpent" and his love, the princess of Mayapan named Sac Nicté or "White Flower."

One peculiarity that is found in many Mayan legends is that the mortals end up being more clever than the spirits. A legend that exhibits this kind of story is that of “The man that sold his soul,” telling the story of a man that sells his soul in exchange for seven wishes. The moral behind this kind of legend is that man is capable of determining the outcome of his own life.